A reader explains why he’s been playing the same ZX Spectrum game for almost four decades and what it’s connection to XCOM is ...

Could Sinclair's 48k Sinclair ZX Spectrum land a spacecraft on the Moon? YouTuber Scott Manley decided to find out, and the answer is… kind of. Phrases along the lines of "they landed on the Moon with ...

The Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 are well-known for bringing 3D gaming into the mainstream in a way that preceding consoles just couldn’t. The ZX Spectrum, on the other hand, is known for text ...

Hackaday revealed on December 7, 2025, that a brand-new FPS has made its way onto, of all things, the ZX Spectrum. The game is called World of Spells, and Jakub Trznadel developed it for the system, ...

The Spectrum, developed by Retro Games Ltd., is a contemporary tribute to the iconic Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a microcomputer that left an indelible mark on the early 1980s. By blending the charm of ...

The PicoZX is a unique handheld emulator for the ZX Spectrum, a home computer popular in the 1980s. It is powered using a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller and features a 2.8″ IPS display. The PicoZX ...

The Monday letters page remembers the glory days of the Commodore 64, as a reader recommends indie game Beyond Words.

We know [Happy Little Diodes] frequently works with logic analyzer projects. His recent wireless logic analyzer for the ZX Spectrum is one of the oddest ones we’ve seen in a while. The heart of the ...

The ESP32 Rainbow is a small computer with a built-in touch keyboard, an integrated display, and a design that’s inspired by the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, with a keyboard layout and rainbow stripe that ...

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Plaion, a leading video game publisher, and Retro Games Ltd., a specialist in reimagined classic computers, have joined forces to launch The Spectrum. This innovative device faithfully recreates the ...

Some games are so old they’ve almost faded from memory, but one reader suggests remaking a ZX Spectrum classic that was one ...